Dear Young People, Pray With

Not So Much Anymore But Some Years Ago In My Homeland There Was A Habit, Something Called 'casamiento De Apuro,' A Marriage In Haste Because The Baby Is Coming And To Cover Socially The Honor Of The Family. There, They Weren't Free And It Happened Many Times This Marriage Is Null. As A Bishop I Forbade My Priests To Do This.

At The First Meeting I Had With The (italian) Bishops In May 2013, One Of The Three Things I Said Was: With The Italian Government You're On Your Own. Because The Pope Is For Everybody And He Can't Insert Himself In The Specific Internal Politics Of A Country. This Is Not The Role Of The Pope, Right?

To Use A Telling Phrase Of The Reverend Martin Luther King, We Can Say That We Have Defaulted On A Promissory Note And Now Is The Time To Honor It.

Poverty Is The Center Of The Gospel.

You Cannot Provoke. You Cannot Insult The Faith Of Others. You Cannot Make Fun Of The Faith Of Others.